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UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

WINDSOR and FREDERICK FUNSTON amphibious personnel transports

WINDSOR

No Name Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
APA55 Windsor (ex-Excelsior) Bethlehem, Sparrows Point 7/1942 28/12/1942 6/1943 stricken 4/1946
APA56 Leedstown (ex-Wood, ex-Exchequer) Bethlehem, Sparrows Point 8/1942 13/2/1943 7/1943 stricken 7/1946
APA91 Adair (ex-Exchester) Bethlehem, Sparrows Point 1943 29/2/1944 7/1944 stricken 5/1946
APA97 Dauphin Bethlehem, Sparrows Point 1944 10/6/1944 9/1944 to Maritime Comm. 4/1946
APA98 Dutchess Bethlehem, Sparrows Point 1944 26/8/1944 11/1944 for disposal 4/1946
APA103 Queens Bethlehem, Sparrows Point 3/1944 12/9/1944 12/1944 stricken 6/1946
APA105 Shelby Bethlehem, Sparrows Point 6/1944 25/10/1944 1/1945 stricken 6/1946

FREDERICK FUNSTON

No Name Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
APA89 Frederick Funston Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle 1941 27/9/1941 11/1942 // 4/1943 to US Army 4/1946
APA90 James O`Hara Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle 6/1941 30/12/1941 12/1942 // 4/1943 to US Army 4/1946
APA110 Griggs Ingalls, Pascagoula 1943 1944 12/1944 stricken 6/1946
APA111 Grundy Ingalls, Pascagoula 1943 16/1/1944 1/1945 to War Shipping Adm. 5/1946
APA112 Guilford Ingalls, Pascagoula 1944 14/7/1944 5/1945 to Maritime Comm. 5/1946
APA113 Sitka Ingalls, Pascagoula 2/1944 23/6/1944 3/1945 stricken 6/1946
APA114 Hamblen Ingalls, Pascagoula 1944 30/6/1944 6/1945 to Maritime Comm. 5/1946
APA115 Hampton Ingalls, Pascagoula 1944 25/8/1944 2/1945 to Maritime Comm. 5/1946
APA116 Hannover Ingalls, Pascagoula 1944 18/8/1944 3/1945 to Maritime Comm. 5/1946

 

Displacement standard, t

 7950 - 7970

Displacement full, t

13200

Length, m

137.2 wl 144.2 oa

Breadth, m

20.1

Draught, m

7.62 max

No of shafts

 1

Machinery

Bethlehem geared steam turbine, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

8000

Max speed, kts

17.5

Fuel, t

oil
Endurance, nm (kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors, 12 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon

Sensors

 presumably SE or SF or SG or SH or SL or SO or SU radar
Military load 24 LCVP, 2 LCM, 1 LCP(L), 1 LCP(R), 3895 t of cargo, 1468 troops
Complement 466 - 555

Ship project history: USN military transport vessels were sectioned into two groups: ÀÐ for transportation of troops and ÀÊ for carriage of goods and technics. The majority of them were built on the basis of standard types Ñ2, Ñ3 and Ñ4 and differed from usual cargo ships a little.

For delivery of troops and cargoes directly to a beaching place assault landing transport ships (ÀÐÀ and ÀÊÀ) served, which main difference from ÀÊ and ÀÐ consisted that they were extra equipped with disembarkation craft of LCVP, LCM and LCP (L) types; with their help delivery of people and cargoes to beach also was effected.

Originally similar ships were not outlined in own subclass and were registered as ÀÐ and ÀÊ. In February, 1943 reorganisation was done and assault transports have received indexation ÀÐÀ and ÀÊÀ.

Two ships of Doyen class, projected even on the eve of war for landing operations in Caribbean basin, became the first American assault military transports. The overwhelming majority of remaining ÀÐÀ and ÀÊÀ has been converted from merchant cargo and cargo-passenger vessels or constructed in hulls of standard cargo vessels built by the big series in days of war. An exception were specially projected as assault transports Gilliam (ÀÐÀ) and Artemis (ÀÊÀ) classes.

Besides the large landing transport ships of ÀÐÀ and ÀÊÀ classes, small landing parties and subversive groups were landed by fast landing transports (APD) converted from become outdated Wickes and Clemson classes destroyers and destroyer escorts of Buckley and Rudderow classes.

These ships belonged to standard types C3-S-A3 (Windsor) and C3-S1-A3 (Frederick Funston).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

Adair 1944

Leedstown

Griggs

 

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